Re:Snowden banned from flying to UK
by theklub on Friday June 14, 2013 @08:35AM
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I came up with a crazy idea this morning for an internet based political party that allows its members to vote on all ideas and actions the party will take. I think now is the time for something like this. We need to make it happen.
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Be careful on what you wish for.
"The strongest argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." Winston Churchill.
Perhaps we should give people a proportional vote weighted by their intelligence?
Re:Snowden banned from flying to UK
by alexjeffrey on Friday June 14, 2013 @11:06AM
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that sounds like a formula for a true intellectually elitist society. The people's opinions should be heard equally if at all.
My point entirely. There was a degree of sarcasm in it.
Could be right.
If you could text your vote in, most of the UK could even manage to have an opinion between the adverts in the X-Factor and their next cigarette.
Good distributed voting at scale is still an unsolved problem. Well, it is if you care about both the integrity of the vote and voter privacy.
The Pirate Party has been there and is doing that: http://liquidfeedback.org/mission/